Common misconceptions about the treatment of hypertension

  1, some patients think “I just a little high blood pressure, and nothing uncomfortable feeling, nothing, do not need to cure ……” This is incorrect, hypertension is a “silent killer”, early The symptoms are not obvious and not felt, but if it is not taken seriously and allowed to develop, it can lead to serious complications and may also be life-threatening. So when you find yourself elevated blood pressure, you must pay great attention to actively treat, or wait until complications arise and then treat, not only delayed treatment, but also a waste of money and increased pain.  2, some patients think that “my blood pressure has been reduced to normal, so I do not need to take antihypertensive drugs ……” This is also incorrect treatment attitude. Hypertension is a chronic disease that requires lifelong medication. Even if it is reduced to normal, it must be maintained by taking medication and improving lifestyle, stopping medication in the middle is likely to cause repeated fluctuations in blood pressure, so you should adhere to taking antihypertensive medication for a long time under the guidance of your doctor, which will help your blood pressure to reach the standard consistently and steadily.  3, some patients think that “after taking the medicine can continue to smoke and drink ……” completely wrong, smoking and drinking is an important risk factor for hypertension, antihypertensive treatment is a comprehensive treatment, need a good lifestyle and drugs with, must not think that after taking the medicine is Do not think that after taking the medicine, everything will be fine, no longer improve the lifestyle.  4, some patients believe that “medicine is three points of poison”, can not eat, do not eat.  This concept is absolutely wrong. With hypertension, if you do not adhere to long-term medication, let it develop, it will lead to a series of serious complications, such as stroke, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, etc., compared to some of the side effects of drugs, more harmful to the body. In addition, the application of antihypertensive drugs, not only non-toxic, but also protect the heart, brain, kidneys and other important organs, your health has great benefits.  5, some patients have this understanding, “can not take a long-term antihypertensive drugs, will produce drug resistance ……” In fact, this is a conceptual error, drug resistance more for antibacterial drugs, refers to the drug does not work on germs, this situation in the antihypertensive drugs is This situation does not exist in the antihypertensive drugs, and on the contrary, like ARB or ACEI drugs, is the longer the drug is used, the more obvious the protective effect on the heart, brain and kidney.  6, there are often patients believe that the faster the lowering of blood pressure, the better.  This view is wrong. Elderly patients with hypertension, often combined with heart, brain, kidney and other important organ lesions. If the blood pressure is lowered too fast and too low, it will easily lead to organ ischemia, thus causing cardiovascular accidents, such as cerebral infarction, heart attack, and even sudden death. Therefore, one should choose a smooth antihypertensive drug that can lower blood pressure to the normal range within a few weeks.